Reading Notes: The Stray Cow

(Holstein Cow via Wikimedia Commons)

-Opens up with a secluded spot in the countryside with a lake
-The lake was dark and swampy - no fish really lived in it
-The lake was supposedly haunted by elfin ladies
-The elfin ladies wear green and have hounds
-A farmer captured one of the elfin cows
-Word of the elfin cow and how the farmer caught it spread like wildfire across Wales
-The poor farmer grew rich
-However, he became so wealthy that he grew crazy
-He was afraid that the cow was going to be too old to make profit, so he fattened it up for the market
-The farmer was getting ready to kill the cow in front of an audience when he was halted by one of the elfin ladies
-Moral of the story - he basically was so ungrateful of the cow and his wealth that he was going to kill the very thing that gave him his wealth

Bibliography: "The Stray Cow" from The Welsh Fairy Book by W. Jenkyn Thomas; link to the reading online